Over the past year we have been getting to know the coastline of Papua New Guinea well, in particular its climate, hazards and vulnerabilities. Through an ongoing project with Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) we have been studying the Karama villages (Kavako, Pomara, Lavare and Iropi) in the Malalau District of PNG. This is an area where the effects of natural disasters and climate change are already being experienced. We’re seeing the impa